View From Mazengah – 16 x 20 – Acrylic on Wood Commission Delicate twisty branches reach out over the water, fans of needles catch the breezes and the warm sunshine bounces off the lake. A perfect Ontario cottage-country day.

View From Mazengah – 16 x 20 – Acrylic on Wood Commission The trees are almost complete.Their branches reach gently over the water, enjoying the breeze and the light bouncing off the wavelets. I think I’m going to have to paint some more of these pines; I love using these colours and I want to [...]

View From Mazengah – 16 x 20 – Acrylic on Wood Commission It’s time for the trees and sky. I love these pines. Their fan-shaped needle clusters, their rich red bark, the way their branches twist and swoop, tangling and reaching for each other.

View From Mazengah – 16 x 20 – Acrylic on Wood Commission A wall holding in the sparkling lake, the far shore stands green and implacable. The sun, so eager to brighten the rocks and the water, lightens the far trees only a little.

View From Mazengah – 16 x 20 – Acrylic on Wood Commission Moving away from the darker, calmer water in front of the shore and into the sun-kissed choppier water on the lake. It’s starting to feel like one of those beautiful days where the hot sun is mitigated by sprightly breezes and wispy clouds [...]

View From Mazengah – 16 x 20 – Acrylic on Wood Commission My new painting is a commission. It’s a summer view from a cottage on one of the gorgeous lakes we are fortunate to have here in Ontario. I’m enjoying this palette immensely – a broad range including strong blues, greens and a little [...]